Electroph. Proteins / Rudas Lab

Electroph. Proteins

Sample: Serum, CSF, Urine

Schedule: Twice weekly

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Sample

Serum, CSF, Urine

Schedule

Twice weekly

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Patterns of Serum Protein Electrophoresis

Electrophoretic Fractions
Pattern	Total Protein	Album	A1	A2	Beta	Gamma
Normal	N	N	N	N	N	N
Hemolysis					beta brid.
Protein losing syndromes	D	D	N,E	N,E	N,D	D,N,E
Nephrotic syndrome	D	D	N	E	N	N,D
Hypogammaglobulin	N,D	N	N	N	N	D
Agammaglobulinemia	N,D	N	N	N	N	Absent
Diffuse hepatocellular degeneration	N,D	D	D	D	D	N,E
Polyclonal gammophathy	N,E	N,D	N	N	N	E
Chronic inflammatory response	N,E	N,D	N,E	E	N	E
Acute inflammatory response	N	N,D	E	E	N	N,D
Subacute inflammatory response	N	N,D	N	E	N	N
Hepatic cirrhosis	D,N,E	D	N	N,D		gamma bridging
Hypo-alpha-1- globulinemia	N	N	D	N	N	N
Monoclonal gammopathy (gamma)	N,E	N,D	N	N	N	(M- spike)
Monoclonal gammopathy (beta)	N,E	N,D	N	N	(M- spike)	N,D
Biclonal gammopathy (gamma, beta, or both)	N,E	N,D	N	N	(M- spike)	(M- spike)
Oligoclonal bands	N	N,D	N,E	N,E	N	Oligoclonal banding
Bisalbuminemia		Split peak
Hypoalbuminemia	N,D	D	N	N	N	N

N = Normal level
E = Elevated
D = Decreased
N,E = Normal to Elevated
N,D = Normal to Decreased
D,N,E = Decreased to Normal to Elevated